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Daily Covid vaccinations fall to two-month low after policy tweakVaccinations numbers were at 1.82 million on May 1. Leaving aside Sunday (439,906), when vaccination numbers are usually low, total inocula...
Maharashtra crosses 1-crore vaccination mark"We have crossed one crore doses today. Till today noon, we have administered 1,00,38,421 doses," Maharashtra's principal secretary (health...
States plan ways to involve private hospitals more in Covid immunisation driveSeveral states where less than a third of doses are being administered at private health facilities have drawn up separate strategies to op...
COVID-19: Mumbai civic body targets 1 lakh vaccinations per dayDuring a review meeting last week, BMC Commissioner Iqbal Singh Chahal set the target of immunising one lakh people per day, especially aft...
Covaxin efficacy data has no effect on opposition statesA day after Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech reported its interim data, the three states on Thursday said they would wait for a formal approv...
Covaxin sent to more states, Chhattisgarh says won’t use it nowChhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Punjab, Gujarat, West Bengal, Kerala and Madhya Pradesh have each received 37,760 doses of Covaxin.
Rural, tribal regions fare better in Covid vaccination driveDistrict-wise immunisation data, reviewed by ET, reveals that rural districts have had better uptake of Covid-19 vaccines. Some officials a...
1.48 lakh inoculated, 133 adverse events: GovernmentThe ministry of health and family welfare, however, said that there has not been a single serious or severe AEFI attributable to vaccinatio...
Govt defers national polio immunisation programmeThe Union Health Ministry has communicated the decision to defer the polio immunisation programme to all states through a letter on January...
Four Indian states to participate in the Covid-19 immunisation dry run, works begin with PunjabThe dry run is expected to provide insights on any gaps or bottlenecks that could be ironed out before the start of the immunisation drive....
PM Narendra Modi launches 'Intensified Mission Indradhanush'The programme will focus on improving immunisation coverage in the districts and cities to ensure 90 per cent coverage for full immunisatio...
25% of vaccines go waste due to lack of cold chainMost vaccines are heat sensitive and remain potent between 2 degree celsius and 8 degree celsius. Thus maintaining a cold chain becomes cri...
International funds to inject new life in government’s vaccine driveIndia’s vaçcine programme is likely to get a major push in the New Year with the government attracting international funding to ramp up its...
WHO praises Bihar immunisation driveWorld Health Organisation appreciated the successful implementation of health programmes, particularly anti-polio and immunisation campaign...
- After Polio, India to eliminate Measles, Tetanus child deaths
Ghulam Nabi Azad said the lessons learnt from success of polio campaign could help eliminate measles-related child deaths and neonatal teta...
- Govt's wait for trial may delay cervical cancer immunisation drive
The government will wait for full clinical trial reports on new vaccines for cervical cancer.
- Orissa launches mass immunisation drive to check birdflu
With the dreaded birdflu virus spreading in neighbouring West Bengal, the Orissa government today launched a mass immunisation drive to pre...